Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0451057

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0451057

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Reducing child deaths among the poor in Asian cities: the cultural, social and institutional determinants of child survival. The urban poor experience more, and more variable, child mortality than richer compatriots. Although there are many contributing factors including material poverty, insanitary housing, inaccessible health services, and parental ignorance of good childcare, these do not explain the full extent of the inequities. A key factor is the interest and ability of poor households to use their resources, and those of the health services to protect their children's health. This project will use an anthropological-demographic approach in Dhaka and Jakarta to investigate the cultural, social and institutional factors influencing health beliefs and hence treatment decisions at the household level.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 06-2004

End Date: 12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $627,405.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Demography | Family And Household Studies | Public Health And Health Services Not Elsewhere Classified | Urban Sociology And Community Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Environmental health | Child health | Social structure and health |

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